CENSUS® qPCR and QuantArray® analyses can be performed on nearly any sample type, including water, solids like soil or corrosion product scrapings, Bio-Trap® samplers , and swabs of biofilms. The units the results are reported in depend on the sample matrix that was submitted for the analysis. For example, water samples will be reported as cells/mL, soil samples will have units of cells/g, and Bio-Traps® will be reported as cells/bead.
The best way to understand if a concentration is high, medium, or low, is to access the Microbial Insights database and review the percentile rankings for each organism related to that particular sample matrix. With CENSUS® qPCR and QuantArray® results for more than 250,000 field samples from sites around the world, this database is the largest collection of field concentrations of key microorganisms and functional genes.
In practice, biodegradation depends not just on the presence but the actual concentrations of the contaminant degrading microorganisms. The percentile rankings retrieved from the Microbial Insights Database answer the question “Is that low, medium or high?” by comparing your results to those of the literally thousands of other environmental samples submitted to MI for analysis over the last 30+ years.
For more insights and information go to https://microbe.com/quantarray-mic/
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